Olivier Lamm de Libération estime que le rappeur « déçoit par péchés d’ambition et de naïveté », ajoutant que la « plupart du temps, A$AP Rocky a l’air de se balader dans son disque plutôt qu’il ne l’habite, jusqu’à se faire piquer la paternité de ses chansons par ses invités ». ĭu côté de la presse française, François Moreau des Inrockuptibles note qu' « appuyé par une multitude de featurings, A$AP Rocky défriche de nouveaux territoires ». Bansky Gonzalez de Consequence of Sound donne une note positive à l'album : « Les chansons sont occupées, remplies d’instrumentation rayonnante et de voix empilées, et prennent rarement le temps de respirer ». In March 2013, Azalea revealed she had crossed out the "A$AP" part of the tattoo.Testing reçoit un accueil mitigé dans la presse spécialisée, cumulant un score de 67 sur 100 sur le site Metacritic, basé sur huit critiques. Later, in July 2012, Rocky said they were no longer dating. She also claimed she was not the only one with tattoos dedicated to the relationship. It was around this time that she revealed she had tattooed the title of Rocky's breakout mixtape "$AP" on her fingers. Azalea confirmed that they were dating in an interview with Vibe Magazine released on January 15, 2012. In 2011, Rocky began dating Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, whom he met through Chase N.
On December 5, he was nominated for BBC's Sound of 2012 poll. Upon his record deal, Rocky started a label, A$AP Worldwide, with A$AP Yams. A$AP to critical acclaim and signed a two-year, $3 million record deal with RCA Records and Polo Grounds Music. In October, he released the mixtape Live. After he released a music video for his song "Purple Swag", he received attention from several record labels. In August 2011, Rocky's debut single "Peso", was leaked online and within weeks received airplay on the high-profile Hot 97 New York radio station. In July 2011, Rocky released his single "Purple Swag" which quickly became a street anthem in New York City. In 2007, A$AP Rocky joined the A$AP Mob crew, a Harlem-based collective of rappers, producers, music video directors, fashion designers, and bikers who shared similar interests in music, fashion, style, and art.[ It had been formed by A$AP Yams, A$AP Bari and A$AP Illz. In 2004, Mayers served two weeks in Rikers Island for drug dealing, where he shared a cell with future rapper Casanova.Ģ007–11: Career beginnings and Live. After living for a period in a shelter with his mother in New York City, he moved to midtown Manhattan.
At the age of 15, he was selling crack in the Bronx. He was also influenced by Mobb Deep, Three 6 Mafia, UGK, Run DMC, Wu-Tang Clan, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.Ī$AP Rocky sold drugs while moving around homeless shelters with his mother and sister. Mayers grew up admiring Harlem-based rap group The Diplomats. The death inspired Rocky to take rapping more seriously. When Mayers was 13, his brother was killed in Harlem. When Mayers was 12 years old, his father went to jail in connection with selling drugs he died in 2012.
He learned how to rap from his older brother, who also wore the French braids hairdo that Mayers later adopted. Mayers started rapping at the age of 9, when he moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His cousin is fellow ASAP Mob member ASAP Nast. Mayers' first name was taken from the hip hop artist Rakim, one half of the Eric B. His father was from Barbados, and his mother is American. Rakim Mayers was born on October 3, 1988, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. He is also a noted record producer, producing under the pseudonym Lord Flacko Rocky has also directed music videos for himself, Danny Brown, SpaceGhostPurrp and other A$AP Mob members. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it Rocky's second consecutive album to debut at number one and has received positive reviews from music critics.
In 2015, Rocky released his second studio album titled At. A$AP, which was also well received by critics and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. He subsequently recorded his 2013 debut album Long. The success of his mixtape led to a record deal with Polo Grounds Music, RCA Records, and Sony Music Entertainment. He is a member of the hip hop group A$AP Mob, from which he adopted his moniker. Rakim Mayers (born October 3, 1988), better known by his stage name ASAP Rocky (stylized as A$AP Rocky), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor.